Improvement in vegetable-cutters



S. HAUCK, Jr"

VEGETABLE-CUTTER No,169,991 Patented Nov. 16, 1875.

F W Q ITNQSES I I N.PE[ERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHEE WASHINGTON, D C.

a UNITED STATES PATENT SAMUEL HAUGK, JR, OF LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA,ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF HIS RIGHT TO ALFRED B. HAUOK, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN VEGETABLE-CUTTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 169.991, dated November16, 1875; application filed September 30, 1575.

To all whom it may concern I ters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a longitudinal verticalsection of my vege' table-cutter, and Fig. 2 is an end view thereof.

This invention has relation to machines which are designed for slicing.

The nature of my invention consists, first, in a sliding holder,subdivided by a movable partition, and which is guided by means ofantifriction rollers, working in grooved ways on each side of a bed, onwhich knives are applied for slicing material placed in said holder, aswill be hereinafter more fully explained; second, the invention furtherconsists in combining, with the sliding holderabove' referred to, anelastic wiper for clearing the bed, and pre venting the escape of thematerial which is being sliced; third, in combining, with thereciprocatin g holder and the guides for the same, an elasticcushi0n,which will prevent shocks at the termination of the forwardstrokes of the said holder; fourth, in the employment, in combinationwith the cutter hereinafter described, of two knives, which areadjustal'ile simultaneously by a single screw, as will be hereinafterexplained.

In the annexed drawings, A represents the bed of my improved machine,which may be mounted on legs, as shown. B B designate two groovedways,rising perpendicularly from said bed, which'are parallel to eachother. G 0 designate cuttingblades, which are diagonal to the groovedways, and which are secured to bars a to, applied in an opening madethrough the bed A. To the bars a a metallic straps b b are secured,which extend back, and have their ends slotted' to receive thethreadless end of a thumb-screw, D, which screw is tapped through aplate, 0, secured to a bracket beneath the bed A. By turning the screw Dthe two cutting-blades can be adj usted, and set to cut any desiredthickness of slice.

The material to be cut is moved back and forth over'thc bedA by placingitin a holder, G, which is guided within the grooved ways B B by meansof anti-friction rollers 6. At the extremity of this holder elasticwipers ff are secured, which play upon the surface of the bed A, and notonly prevent the escape of the material being cut, butalso keep the bedclean. The sides h of the holder G extend a short dis tance beyond thewiper f, and impinge, at the termination of each forward stroke of theholder, against a cushion, g, fixed to one end of the bed A, therebypreventing i njurious shocks and percussions. Inside of the holderis aremovable vertical partition, J, which divides the receptacle for thematerial to be sliced into two apartments, and thus reduces the capacityof the receptacle.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

I. In a vegetablecutter, the reciprocating holder G, divided by amovable partition, J, and guided by means of antifriction rollers a,working in grooved ways B B, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a holder, G, and the SAMUEL HAUOK, Jn.

Witnesses: BASSLER BOYER, L..F. HoUoK.

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